Pep Guardiola has denied his coaching is "better than sex" in a hilarious response to Dani Alves' strange claim.

Alves, 35, had made the bizarre comparison between the two in a new documentary charting Pep's fabled Barcelona tenure.

The Brazilian defender was part of Guardiola's all-conquering Barcelona team who won 14 trophies in their four years working together.

When Guardiola, 47, was quizzed about the comments during his press conference for this weekend's Manchester derby, he had his witty response ready:

He said: "I prefer the sex."

The Manchester City gaffer was clearly in high spirits during the conference as he also aimed a not-so-subtle dig at Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who he infamously fell out with at the Nou Camp.

He added: “I can see a huge list who are on the opposite side, a list where they love me a lot, like Dani.

“They have another side from Sweden and other places where they don't like me too much. Normally it happens when people don't play regularly they are not big fans. We try to convince them - sometimes yes, sometimes no.”